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There were a few half-starved cattle ; in- 

 general standing shaking with cold, and 

 many more complaining of what they call 

 the hollow-horn. This arises from matter 

 in the horn, which kills numbers. They cut 

 the horns off in some that are affected, or 

 stop up the hollow part of the horns (after 

 the matter is run out) with rosin and tow, 

 this repeated as a dressing to a wound ; 

 and thus they cure now and then one. 

 The Hessian fly is another complaint. 

 Little or no wheat grown there ; the rust 

 (which we call mildew) much prevails. 

 I rather suspect that a fat beast never has 

 the hollow-horn : it comes from cold and 

 hunger, which is the general complaint of 

 the animals in America ; and from the two 

 extremes of weather, it must be expected, 

 and want of food. 



After viewing Mr. Warder's improve- 

 ments, I returned with him to Philadelphia. 

 Here I was met by Judge Turner, who 

 had been at Mount- Vernon and had heard 

 of me. He offered to give me two hundred 



